To do or not to do

[highlander_Daz]

wer it but you will be breaking the law-English law, the dubh is legal to wear in Scotland -wear it for Wallace!!!

[Blu (Ontario)]

wer it but you will be breaking the law-English law, the dubh is legal to wear in Scotland -wear it for Wallace!!!

That's the (Wallace) spirit!! 8-)

[davedove]

Actually, considering the event, there is likely to be many others dressed similarly and you will just be one of many. The police will likely ignore you since they have more important things on their minds.

[Archangel]

Actually, considering the event, there is likely to be many others dressed similarly and you will just be one of many. The police will likely ignore you since they have more important things on their minds.

This would be my response as well.

A friend offered this advice for a similar situation: carry a stamped addressed box/envelope that it would fit so you can post it back to yourself if there's an issue. Usually that satisfies the authorities.

[Riverkilt]

Why not just phone the police and ask them?...and hope that opinion was accurate and shared by the cops working the event?

Ron

[Archangel]

Why not just phone the police and ask them?...and hope that opinion was accurate and shared by the cops working the event?

Ron

Sometimes it's not clear if you ask.

I'm thinking that I've recently seen reports where that is specifically prohibited so the official answer would have to be negative. I have double-checked that. The event people might okay it in context.

In Canadian law, few knives are specifically outlawed. A visible skean dhu is legal (actually a claymore would be but I wouldn't push it). A concealed one would be illegal. Because Canadial law takes the common sense approach that anything can be a weapon, it is the event cops' subjective opinion if it is illegal. That can be based on their assessment of you alone, your attitude/behaviour or even the mood of the event itself. Lack of co-operation would indicate that the cop was right. Their first suggestion is you put it away, it's good to follow that advice. It is a hard defence to challenge.

[Dreadbelly]

Sorry, but reading this is making me angry.

What a bunch of horse crap.

I can do more damage with my two fists or my cane than I could with some butterknife stashed in my sock, and there is all this fuss about legality. ARGH! The whole concept is STUPID and it defies logic. If I have a black knife stashed in my sock that is the least of your worries if you are a law enforcement type.

A little itty bitty knife causing so much fuss is just silly... It's the psuedo danger they can focus on and pretend they are doing something good to defend society. A well trained human being with his (or her) two fists, their skull, knees, elbows, hip bones, knees, and feet is far more dangerous but impossible to outlaw.

The whole thing is just IRKSOME. It makes me batty. Makes me want to kick somebody in the *** to knock some sense in to them.